Collapsible baby-carriage



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J. W. OULTON & D. A. MEISTER. OOLLAPSIBLE BABY CARRIAGE.

No. 445,599. Patented Feb. 3, 1891.

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J. W. OULTON & D. A. MEISTER. OOLLAPSIBLE BABY CARRIAGE.

Patented Feb. 3, 1891.

UivrrEn STATES PATENT Orricn.

JAMES NV. OULTON, OF LYNN, AND DAVID A. MEISTER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

COLLAPSIBLE BABY-CARRIAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,599, dated February 3, 1891. Application filed May 22,1890- Serial No. 352,717. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES W'. OULTON, of Lynn, in the county of Essex, State of Massachusetts, and DAVID A. MEISTER, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, State of .Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Baby-Oarriages, of which the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accom panying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 isa side elevation of ourimproved carriage; Fig. 2, a rear elevation of the same; and Figs. 3 and 4, like views, respectively, showing the carriage folded, the handle being removed.

Like letters and numerals of reference indi cate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

Our invention relates especially to trundle or baby carriages so constructed that they may be folded; and it consists in certain novel features hereinafter fully set forth and claimed, the object being to produce a sin1- pler, cheaper, and more effective device of this character than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understood by all conversant with such matters from the following explanation.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the carriage, which is preferably formed of slat-work, as shown. The sides I) of said body are connected by a bottom (1, comprising two sections hinged together centrally at f and respectively to said sides. The head-boardg is hinged to one side I), and is fitted toswing inward, as shown in Figs. 3 and i, when the body is collapsed. A catch 72. (see Fig. 2) secures said head to the opposite side I) when open. A foot-board i is hinged in like manner to the opposite end of the same side I). The sides 1) are supported on springs secured to side bars 7t, mounted on the axlesm. The axles are formed in two sections, one of said sections being slotted, as best shown in Fig.

2, and the companion section being fitted to slide longitudinally thereon by means of pins 19, passing through said slots. Set-screws g lock said sect-ions when extended.

The wheels 13 are preferably provided with metallic hubs r, in which the spokes t are clamped. Said hubs are respectively journaled on one end of a vertically-arranged bar 1;. The opposite ends of said bars are respectively pivoted to the top of avertieal arm a on the axles m. On the inner face of each of said arms a flat spring y is secured, their free ends being provided with a pin 51:, projecting through said arm into a suitable opening in the bar t", locking said bar and arm together when they register. A stop 15 at each end of the axles or checks the rearward swing of the bars e.

The handle O is detachable, and consists of two curved side rods 16, connected at their tops by a handle-barv 17. To the lower end of each side rod a metallic rod 18 (see lFig. 2) is pivoted, the adjacent ends of said rods being pivoted together at 19 and provided with a stop 20 to secure them in a horizontal position. Pins on the lower end of each side rod fit into correspondingsockets in the rear ends of the side bars 7a.

In the use of our improvement, when it is desired to collapse the carriage, the head board g and foot-board i are unlatched and turned inward against a side I). The pivoted rods 18 on the handle are pushed upward sufficiently to free the handle-pins from their sockets in the side rails 7t, detaching the handle therefrom. The setscrews q beingturned 8 5 outward, the axle-sections are made to slide longitudinally, drawing the companion wheels toward each other, the hinged body-bottom (6. moving inward, as shown in Fig. i. The spring y being forced outward, freeing the bars e from the arms .2, the wheels B are swung inward by meansof their pivoted arms, occupying the position shown in Fig. 3. The height and breadth of the carriage are thus greatly reduced and the parts arranged in convenient position for transportation or storage. The detached handle 0 may readily be disposed between the wheels and body.

Instead of hinging' the bottom and head and foot boards, they may be made detachable and fitted to slide in ways on the sides 1).

Having thus explained our invention, what 5 We claim is- 1. In a carriage of the character described, a body provided with a hinged bottom and mounted on axles formed in sections fitted to slide longitudinally on each other, combined with wheels mounted on bars pivoted to said axles, and locking mechanism for said bars and axle-sections, substantially as described.

2. In a carriage of .the character described, a bodycomprising sides connected by a hinged or detachable bottom and mounted 011 sectional axles, the axle-sections being fitted to slide longitudinally, in combination with wheels journaled on bars pivoted to swing vertically on saidaxles, stops for said bars, and locking mechanism for the bars and axlesections, substantially as set forth.

3. In acarriage of the kind described, alat orally-collapsible body mounted on springs secured to sectional axles, the axle-sections being fitted to slide longitudinally, wheels jonrnaled on bars pivoted to swing vertically on said axles, locking mechanism for the wheels and axles, and a detachable handle, combined substantially as described.

JAMES XV. OULTON. DAVIDA. MEISTER, Witnesses:

O. M. SHAW, K. DURFEE. 

